Man I just hope Belal’s eye damage is not Bisping level 🙏🏼

When Bisping says he's not faking the eye injury, you listen

*The UFC age of “No Contest/DQ” has arrived*

DC is the wrong guy to talk about "accidental eye pokes"

Leon: "DC taught me everything I know"

Should’ve gotten that man to ER straight away, there was no point for him to stand there for decisions and bullshit

D.C. saying it’s “accidental” it’s hilarious. He said the 17 eye pokes against stipe were “accidental” also lmao

Imagine when you reserve your energy, your not gonna use strength to close your fist it should just stay closed. Dana White fault, just fucking buy trevor wittmans glove design and move on Dana

Leon is heartbroken, and Belal eyebroken

He keeps saying “taken away”, you poked him in the eye, it was your fault not anyone else’s

It’s eyeronic that DC is interviewing about the eye-poke incident

I feel so bad for Belal. That looked so painful.

Master having a casual chat with his student.

"Eye am sorry" - Leon Edwards

DC the eye poking jedi iterviewing his padawan

"Taken away from me"? Come on, you did it by yourself twice! I hope that Belal recovers and that this will be not the end of his career by permanent damage or blindness on his eye.

Leon 'Uchiha' Edwards stealing other men's eyes

The ufc seriously need to re design these gloves to try and eliminate eye pokes happens way to often nowadays

Dana: leon is next for the title Leon’s finger: i’m gonna end this man’s whole career

He is heartbroken because He didn't finish Belal, not because He damaged the man's eye.

Always these fucking eye pokes. Always. Edwards was winning but with this thing he'll not get a title shot, and Belal has now a damaged eye, hopefully not serious. Nothing good about this main event.

"Yeah, I almost blinded a guy my bad. But I looked great and how about that title shot haha?"

Let’s take a moment to wish Belal a full recovery

Nobody take it away from you. You did stupid and horrible mistake after being warned once

Poor Leon... nevermind the guy who just lost his eye.. good Job DC

"I want Mephisto in Westview"- Tony Ferguson

Belal just posted on social media that he has no permanent damage to his eye, and that his vision is returning.

*Bilal gets his eye poked to bleeding* DC: Leon, Damn how tell me how are you. coping with this?

1:39 "It was comepletly accidental" - yeah right DC. It was second eyepoke after the warning, Edwards should have been disqualified.

Honestly, they should punish them way more harshly. As we can see, without it being punished it's happening way more often now

The sounds of Belal's screaming is literally what nightmares are made of. Still can't get it out of my head. Hope he ends up alright, seriously.

Poor Leon? He was already warned about the eyepokes and he kept on extending his fingers every time he threw something.

The ufc gloves are the reason there's so many eye pokes, they need to get it sorted before something really bad happens, this should be a warning.

Leon edwards was warned before, this should've been a DQ

It was “taken away” because of your own actions

To be fair Leon was putting his fingers out there continually. It's an aspect of his game he needs to fix.

Man this accident is heartbreaking as soon as i saw belals physical reaction it brought tears to my eyes. And im not one to cry easy. May Allah heal him.

DC looking at León like he wants to give him a black belt.😅

Leon: I'm back! Leon's finger: STOOPID I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU GET THE CHANCE

Leon "Jon Cormier" Edwards.

3 in a row. Damn, can't wait to see the first groin strike DQ next week!

These eyepokes much more nasty than Yan's knee , yet just a draw

Unfortunately the UFC wants to own Trevor Wittman's gloves and not something he's willing to do (rightfully so). It's out of control, eye pokes, not knowing rules and poor judging. This could be prevented.

Immediately after being warned he had his hands parallel to the ground. Should be DQ

DC acknowledges Leon Scott's "eye poking" technique

Not sure about DC being the right person to discuss stuff like eyepokes...

I'm heartbroken that blinding another fighter is stalling my title shot - Leon Edwards, 2021

Lol leon waited 2 years just for a no contest

Father of eyepoke asking to son how it feels to used his technique😂😂

Just fight WHOEVER they give you now. Doesnt matter, you're on your way to get cut,and You're a world champion level fighter

Jon Jones: I'm the P4P best eye poker in MMA Leon Edwards: Hold my nail scissors.

*Leon "Pokey" Edwards vs. Belal "Remember the Pain" Muhammad* Jokes aside, hope Belal a speedy recovery

this should be a DQ, he already was warned before

I was impressed with your performance. - DC

"everyone has a plan until they get poked in the eye" -Leon “Jon Jones” Cormier

You took it away from yourself ! Keep ya fingers tucked in when at head level

Could you guys imagine a fighter nearly blinding his opponent after a very stern and detailed warning and still getting less hate than a guy who was illegally kneed in the head? Oh wait...

Leon : DC I’m heartbroken thoses moves you taught me didn’t work... maybe next time

"I went for the cross head kick, then he stepped in." To your out strectch fingers, not a cross.

An interview between a mentor and a student

Leon Edwards Vs Daniel Cormier for the Eye Poke championship book it dana!

I was hyped to watch this fight and then found myself sitting there like damn this is the saddest shit I’ve ever seen

Mann... UFC *NEEDS* to change up those GLOVES!!!! Theres better versions of the glove that reduce risk of eye injury!!!

There’s a video of Leon breaking down and crying shortly after this interview. Just in case anyone isn’t aware

That Leon Edwards is one to keep an EYE on, people POKE fun at him but he is a legit fighter. It was not intentional obviously but a pro fighter should not be extending fingers with a jab like that! But what can you do? = a) pull down Leon's shorts and play the bongo drums with his bare butt cheeks OR b) order an immediate rematch OR c) put Leon in with Usman whilst promising Belal a rematch later.

I literally saw him cry tears of blood 🩸 Just got to feel for Belal , sucks brother

That was difficult to watch someone in that much physical pain.

Belal "Remember the name, forget the eye" Muhammad. Damn that shit looked bad!

The referee just told him not to poke then he poked again.Then calls it a no contest.Whaaat?! It should be a disqualification for Leon.But referee decides to be biased to Leon by calling it no contest.That eye poke can be career changing for Belal.He maybe not see again through that eye.Come on! The ref told you once yet you do it again.Forget how you feel Leon.

Warned about eyepokes then continues to gauge a mans eyes out

Why can't the UFC implement the MMA gloves that covers the whole hand and prevents it from stretching the fingers straight?

UFC gloves are the problem. Zuffa bought the rights to Pride FC, why not change the UFC glove design to Pride's. They had little to no eye pokes due to the fact that those gloves forced your hand in to a fist.

Sensitive interview by DC - he's been there.

LEON WAITED 2 YEARS JUST TO EYE POKE HIS OPPONENT :(

DC interviewing him after that brutal eyepoke had me lol for a moment xd

They might as well start with wearing glasses in every fight now

*Leon "I trained by Pai Mei" Edwards*

The master finger poker talking to the student😂

It's a shame that the fight ended this way. I hope Belal is doing good... They gotta make much better gloves and DQ those who do the eyepokes...

As someone who has been doing MMA for 15 years, i can confirm that eye poke is worse than Yan`s knee to head. Belal might have a permanent damage to his eye

Should have been DQed and the W should have been given to Belal. Rookie ass mistake to poke someone in the eye that bad after being given a warning. Either fix the gloves or penalize them for every poke. Can't just let fights get ruined like this...

Leon: The opportunity is taken away from uh Bullshit.... Uh shud mind ur finger first. His eyes were Bleeding 🩸 🩸 did uh see that. It could get lot more worst than that

What was Leon's walkout song?

Tuff break for both men. Hopefully his eye have no serious damage and this fight can be rescheduled for late spring.

How was that not a dq he was warned

poked him in the first round, poked him in the second round. yeah "accidental".

Bisping and DC got flashback from that eye poke lol

Mahummad and Leon are true warriors, absolute respect regardless of outcome. It was an accident.

*Belal crying in pain was hard to watch* …. *You can see Leon’s eye poke did some massive damage to that eye*

Justice was done: Dana = "Leon's getting a title fight."

really not his fault. This problem is easily preventable with a curved glove like the other organizations use, and it could save fighters' vision and stop fights being ended this way.

Worst poke I’ve ever seen. Eye swelled up and there was blood flowing from the socket.

Dude gets warned not to gage the distance with straight fingers, herb physically shows him he must flatten his hand. He then immediately does it 3 to 4 more times with the last one being an open fingered jab.. intent or not it’s amateur level and should be a DQ. Also someone explain why the first fights illegal knee was a NC when it was identical to Yans? These rules seem real shady lol.

I think Edwards didn’t lie when he said to belal” your getting fucked up tomorrow”

You can't get DQ when you have DC watching your back.

Now Leon messed up big time

Herb Dean literally warned him just minutes earlier about the eye poke before this happened. Should be a DQ, not a no contest for the dude getting his eye fkd up.

Whether Belal cried from fear of being blinded or pain or both, one thing is clear; we need to switch to the curved style gloves other organizations have already adopted decades prior and had infinitely less issues with eye poking. You don’t see one of the toughest human beings on earth weep on international broadcast and take it lightly; that man is probably fearing his career is over, his sight is permanently damaged, can’t pursue his dreams and take care of his family... it’s heartbreaking and disturbing. Yes this is a risky dangerous sport and some of it is unavoidable but plenty of it can be mitigated very effectively and is unnecessary when tried and true alternatives already exist Do the right thing guys. It’s one thing to resist change but when you do the math of how much money is lost when your top stars are all being blinded and sidelined for god knows how long if not forever, the cost of switching the gloves pales in comparison Not everyone is Bisping and can be a world champ without depth perception and half of one of the most important senses for this sport- enough is enough Dana.

man that shits serious for a major sport now in time, it's about time we step up these safety rules man !

It was not taken away from you. You were already warned once to close your fist and you ignored that warning should have been a DQ